The extent of Soviet espionage was not a delusion.
This guy should be knighted and given a p.h. OBE at least for his services to democracy.
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Of course we had big problems here too
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If the list of "Atomic Materials" sent to the USSR as "lend lease" is accurate, yes there must some very questionable people running that department(imho). Was it officially sanctioned to send this over to the USSR? I find it hard to believe the USA would send this stuff to a non nuclear power (at the time), and it's chief rival world power.
ITEM Quantity Cost in Dollars
ATOMIC MATERIALS
Beryllium metals 9,681 lbs. $ 10,874.
Cadmium alloys 72,535 lbs. 70,029.
Cadmium metals 834,989 lbs. 781,466.
Cobalt ore & concentrate 33,600 lbs. 49,782.
Cobalt metal & Cobalt bearing scrap 806,941 lbs. 1,190,774.
Uranium metal 2.2 lbs. ---
Aluminun tubes (for reactors) 13,766,472 lbs. 13,041,152.
Graphite, nat., flake, lump or chip 7,384,282 lbs. 812,437.
Beryllium salts & compounds 228 lbs. 775.
Cadmium oxide 2,100 lbs. 3,080.
Cadmium salts & compounds, n.e.s. * 2 lbs. 19.
Cadmium sulfate 2,170 lbs. 1,374.
Cadmium sulfide 16,823 lbs. 17,380.
Cobalt nitrate 51 lbs. 48.
Cobalt oxide 17,800 lbs. 34,832.
Cobalt salts & compounds, n.e.s. 11,475 lbs. 7,112.
Cobaltic and cobaltous sulfate 22 lbs. 25.
Deuterium oxide (heavy water) 1,100 grs. ---
* n.e.s. stands for "not especially specified".
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